New Orleans Workshops

October 14 & 15 from 10am – 5pm @NOVAC Are you a young creative with the portfolio, skill, and drive to be a top freelance artist, but don’t know where to start? Don’t worry, we got you. This 2-day freelance workshop will examine the business side......

As the Crescent City prepares for its 300th Anniversary celebration, four film and artist support organizations join forces to celebrate and share our rich history and culture by cultivating and funding five short films that focus on New Orleans. The Mayor’s Office of Cultural Economy/Film......

Sept. 30 – Oct. 1 The Northwest Film Forum (NWFF), a sister media arts center in Seattle, provides an array of technical and financial support to regional filmmakers, including the Start-to-Finish program. Since 1998, it has also been a film distributor, using its institutional muscle......

11/11 & 11/12 from 10AM – 4pm @NOVAC $100 for NOVAC members + $150 for New Members Purchase tickets here! Can I use this song in my film? Is there any way for me to afford the rights to this Beatles song? How do I......

September 9 – 10 Editing 101 will be a two-day workshop where participants will learn how to use Adobe’s Premiere Pro software to edit narrative & documentary films. The class time with be divided into four parts. Brief introduction to editing theory and style. Overview of editing......

Producer pathways to getting your idea off the ground Saturday August 26 from 12pm – 3pm @NOVAC Tickets are $50 for NOVAC Members + $100 for New Members Angela Tucker has produced and directed in nearly every format including – documentary short, documentary......

August 12 & 13, 2017 from 9am to 5pm Operation Spark (748 Camp St. in downtown New Orleans) Learn the basics of being a production assistant in the film industry! Our PA Boot Camp program is a 2-day intensive of in-depth production assistant training......

July 22 & 23 Adam Sekuler is a filmmaker and curator whose films strike a delicate balance between stylization and naturalism, anchored within an observational world while creating a poetic and lyrical form of visual storytelling. His work screened at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Locarno......

Join NOVAC, NOFF and all NOVAC members, NOFF All Access Pass Holders and Filmmakers for the Filmmaker Welcome Party at NOFF 17! Join us at the Lighthouse, 743 Camp Street, from 8pm - 11pm on Thursday, October 12, for drinks, delicious bites, and DJ Dreamer! Mix, mingle and dance the night away as we celebrate our favorite local film festival!
Admission is free to all NOVAC members, NOFF All Access Pass Holders and NOFF Filmmakers!

REFUGE is a portrait of Phan, a Cambodian fisherman who escaped the Khmer Rouge Killing Fields as a child to resettle along the coast in Buras, Louisiana. Today, Phan and his community are faced with the possibility of becoming refugees again, this time from coastal erosion, rising sea levels, and state restoration programs that struggle to engage with affected communities. REFUGE is screening at the New Orleans Film Festival at the Prytania Theater on October 14th at 5 PM.

KEEPERS OF THE MOUND is a short documentary film about a Native American family who cares for one of the many ancient earthen mounds threatened by the rapid disintegration of the Louisiana coastline. With the threat of land loss looming and limited resources available for coastal restoration and protection, KEEPERS OF THE MOUND highlights indigenous communities’ fight to be considered in the cost-benefit-ratio of coastal protection. KEEPERS OF THE MOUND is screening at the New Orleans Film Festival at the Advocate Headquarters, 840 St. Charles Avenue, October 18th at 8 PM.

Workshop (footage will be provided for you to practice editing and get one-on-one feedback).

Brent Joseph is a New Orleans filmmaker who specializes in post-postproduction. He edited the SXSW feature film Five Time Champion as well as numerous shorts, commercials and documentaries like Shell Shocked (PBS) and MTV’s True Life: I’m Living in Iraq (2005 Edward R. Morrow award for Best TV Network News Documentary). He has also worked as an assistant in the editing rooms of David Fincher, Larry Clark, David Simon and Seth Rogen.

Workshop (footage will be provided for you to practice editing and get one-on-one feedback).

Brent Joseph is a New Orleans filmmaker who specializes in post-postproduction. He edited the SXSW feature film Five Time Champion as well as numerous shorts, commercials and documentaries like Shell Shocked (PBS) and MTV’s True Life: I’m Living in Iraq (2005 Edward R. Morrow award for Best TV Network News Documentary). He has also worked as an assistant in the editing rooms of David Fincher, Larry Clark, David Simon and Seth Rogen.